diff --git a/.github/workflows/test-mobile.yml b/.github/workflows/test-mobile.yml
index 73d83e9dd..41af43d59 100644
--- a/.github/workflows/test-mobile.yml
+++ b/.github/workflows/test-mobile.yml
@@ -77,13 +77,13 @@ jobs:
         working-directory: ./examples/api
         run: yarn
 
-      - name: Init Android Studio Project
+      - name: init Android Studio project
         working-directory: ./examples/api
         run: ../../tooling/cli/target/debug/cargo-tauri android init
         env:
           NDK_HOME: ${{ steps.setup-ndk.outputs.ndk-path }}
 
-      - name: Build apk
+      - name: build APK
         working-directory: ./examples/api
         run: ../../tooling/cli/target/debug/cargo-tauri android build
         env:
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/build.rs b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/build.rs
index f86276e8f..87f936a96 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/build.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/build.rs
@@ -72,7 +72,7 @@ pub fn command(options: Options, noise_level: NoiseLevel) -> Result<()> {
   delete_codegen_vars();
   with_config(
     Some(Default::default()),
-    |app, config, _metadata, _cli_options| {
+    |app, config, metadata, _cli_options| {
       set_var("WRY_RUSTWEBVIEWCLIENT_CLASS_EXTENSION", "");
       set_var("WRY_RUSTWEBVIEW_CLASS_INIT", "");
 
@@ -81,6 +81,20 @@ pub fn command(options: Options, noise_level: NoiseLevel) -> Result<()> {
       let mut env = env()?;
       configure_cargo(app, Some((&mut env, config)))?;
 
+      // run an initial build to initialize plugins
+      Target::all().first_key_value().unwrap().1.build(
+        config,
+        metadata,
+        &env,
+        noise_level,
+        true,
+        if options.debug {
+          Profile::Debug
+        } else {
+          Profile::Release
+        },
+      )?;
+
       let open = options.open;
       run_build(options, config, &mut env, noise_level)?;
 
@@ -120,7 +134,7 @@ fn run_build(
       .triple
       .into(),
   );
-  let mut interface = crate::build::setup(&mut build_options, true)?;
+  let interface = crate::build::setup(&mut build_options, true)?;
 
   let interface_options = InterfaceOptions {
     debug: build_options.debug,
@@ -156,9 +170,6 @@ fn run_build(
     .get_or_insert(Vec::new())
     .push("custom-protocol".into());
 
-  // run an initial build to initialize plugins
-  interface.build(interface_options)?;
-
   let apk_outputs = if options.apk {
     apk::build(
       config,
diff --git a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/dev.rs b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/dev.rs
index 802f637a9..027864d72 100644
--- a/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/dev.rs
+++ b/tooling/cli/src/mobile/android/dev.rs
@@ -16,9 +16,11 @@ use tauri_mobile::{
     config::{Config as AndroidConfig, Metadata as AndroidMetadata},
     device::Device,
     env::Env,
+    target::Target,
   },
   config::app::App,
   opts::{FilterLevel, NoiseLevel, Profile},
+  target::TargetTrait,
 };
 
 use std::env::set_var;
@@ -112,12 +114,11 @@ fn run_dev(
   };
 
   let mut dev_options: DevOptions = options.clone().into();
-  dev_options.target = Some(
-    device
-      .as_ref()
-      .map(|d| d.target().triple.to_string())
-      .unwrap_or_else(|| "aarch64-linux-android".into()),
-  );
+  let target_triple = device
+    .as_ref()
+    .map(|d| d.target().triple.to_string())
+    .unwrap_or_else(|| Target::all().first_key_value().unwrap().1.triple.into());
+  dev_options.target = Some(target_triple.clone());
   let mut interface = crate::dev::setup(&mut dev_options, true)?;
 
   let interface_options = InterfaceOptions {
@@ -134,7 +135,11 @@ fn run_dev(
   configure_cargo(app, Some((&mut env, config)))?;
 
   // run an initial build to initialize plugins
-  interface.build(interface_options)?;
+  let target = Target::all()
+    .values()
+    .find(|t| t.triple == target_triple)
+    .unwrap_or(Target::all().first_key_value().unwrap().1);
+  target.build(config, metadata, &env, noise_level, true, Profile::Debug)?;
 
   let open = options.open;
   let exit_on_panic = options.exit_on_panic;